Fluid intake and exhaust fittings for a compressor or pump

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8628305
APP PUB NO 20100178185A1
SERIAL NO

12376908

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A compressor or vacuum pump fluid intake manifold has fluid intake and a pair of ports provided by male and female fittings that are slidably engaged to one another. The male fitting has a portion which forms a hollow plug which fits within a respective fluid intake of the compressor housing. The plug portion, or plug, is integrally molded with a longitudinal section of the male fitting member. In similar fashion, the female fitting includes a plug portion which interfaces with a fluid intake in the compressor housing. The plug portion is integrally molded with a longitudinal portion of the female fitting. In one embodiment, each of the plugs includes three extending flanges forming an integral portion of the plug. Two of the three flanges provide a contact pressure seal with portions of the compressor housing that define the fluid intakes which receive the plugs. The other flange serves to prevent the plugs from slipping out of the fluid intakes during normal use of the fluid intake manifold. Further, instead, each of the plugs can have a raised insert surface defining a groove with an O-ring and a flange integral with and extending from a surface of the plug.

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CITIBANK N A AS ADMINISTRATIVE AND COLLATERAL AGENT1615 BRETT ROAD OPS III NEW CASTLE DE 19720

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Leu, Shawn Alan Newton, US 1 8
Moretti, Stephen Mark-Allen Manitowoc, US 1 8

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